Biographical Info

Dr. Hyder is director of high-field horizontal small-bore systems at Yale’s MRRC, one of the most reputed in vivo magnetic resonance centers in the world conducting translational in vivo neuroscience and metabolism research. He is also founder and director of Yale’s QNMR Core Center, the only NIH-supported programmatic effort at Yale on neuroimaging with magnetic resonance technologies. He received a bachelor’s degree in physical chemistry in 1990 from Wabash and a doctoral degree in biophysical chemistry from Yale in 1995. He has been a faculty at Yale since 1999 and currently holds dual professor appointments in Diagnostic Radiology and Biomedical Engineering. He is a founding member of Yale’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. His work has produced over a hundred peer-reviewed publications. He has written and edited books on functional brain imaging. He holds several magnetic resonance patents on molecular imaging. He has had continuous NIH support since becoming an investigator. He has renewed grants from different scientific funding agencies. He has received early career awards from various scientific societies and funding scientific agencies. He sits on editorial boards of several international scientific journals and he reviews for many scientific journals spanning several disciplines. He has delivered numerous invited presentations around the globe. He serves on advisory panels of several scientific funding agencies.

International Activity

Imaging and NMR Studies of Brain MetabolismMiami,
United States(2012)Professor Hyder collaborates with Professor Jorge Riera of Florida International University, Miami, Florida. These collaborations focus on imaging and NMR studies of brain metabolism in health and disease.

High Resolution PET Imaging of Human BrainCopenhagen,
Denmark(2012)Professor Hyder collaborates with Professor Albert Gjedde of University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. These collaborations focus on imaging of brain metabolism in health humans with PET technology.

High resolution of PET Imaging of Anesthesia in Human BrainIrvine,
United States(2012)Professor Hyder collaborates with Professor Michael Alkire of University of California, Irvine, California. These collaborations focus on imaging of brain metabolism under anesthesia in health humans with PET technology.

fMRI Studies During non-Chemically Based HypotensionBudapest,
Hungary(2008)Professor Hyder participates in collaborative research with Professor Andras Eke of the Institute of Human Physiology and Clinical Experimental Research at Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. Research focuses on fMRI studies.

Odor Stimuli in Olfactory BulbWuhan,
China(2007)Professor Hyder participates in collaborative research with Professor Fuqiang Xu of the Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China. These collaborations focus on the assessment and discrimination of odor stimuli by dynamic fMRI.